Pin ticket or tag.



(No Model.)

WTNEEEEE- D. MUSSINAN.

PIN TICKET 0R TAG.

(Appfication flled Aug. 10, 1599.)

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PIN TICKET OR TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,082, dated December12, 1899.

Application filed August 10, 1899. Serial No. 726,828. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OSCAR MUSSINAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pin Tickets or Tags, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of pintickets or tags generally used for applying distinguishing marks,numbers, or prices to merchandisesuch as garments, fabrics, and thelike; and to this end my invention consists in a pin ticket or tagprovided with a staple-shaped fasteningpin bent and applied in suchmanner as to form a rearwardly-extendin g U shaped bridge or loop, whichlies against the under side of the ticket and serves to stiffen andsupport the same, the shanks or prongs connected by said bridgeextending up through and over the top or face of the ticket, to and downaround its edge, and thence rearwardly under its lower surface, wherethey are bent downward at right angles, the pin-points or prongs beingthereby brought into such positions that the vertical strains inapplying or removing the tag will be distributed over a considerableportion of the ticket, as will be also the lateral strains produced inbending down or clenching the prongs upon the fabric or article, ashereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an enlarged plan View of a pinticket or tag embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe reverse or under side of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal verticalsection of the same 011 the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the fastening-staple detachedfrom the tag or ticket. Fig. 5 is a View of the fastening-staple beforebeing applied to the ticket or tag, the loop or prong connecting bridgebeing bent down at a right angle.

In the drawings, A represents a ticket or tag which may be composed ofcardboard, thick paper, or other suitable material and of any desiredshape and size to receive the distinguishing marks, numbers, orcharacters which it may be desired to apply to the goods, articles, orfabrics'on which the tag is to be used.

0 is the fastening pin or staple, which is made from a single piece ofwire bent to form a U-shaped bridge or prong-connecting part b, which isbent down at a right angle to the shanks or sharp-pointed prongs c c, asshown in Fig. 5, before being applied to the tag.

In attaching the fastening-staple C tothe tag the prongs c c are passedthrough the tag from the rear, so that the U-shaped loop or bridge I)will extend rearwardly in. contact with and lie flat against the back orunder surface of the tag, as shown in Fig; 2, thus stiffening andsupporting the same. The upwardly-projecting shanks or prongs c c arethen bent down at right angles at (1 cl flat upon the upper surface ofthe tag, forming offsets e e, as shown in Fig. 4, after which they arebent downwardly and rearwardly around its edge to firmly embrace thesame and prevent any loose movement, and are finally bent at ffdownwardly, so as to pro ject at right angles to the under surface ofthe tag, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, ready to engage the article orfabric to which the tag is to be affixed.

The bends or angles f f are located near the points where the prongswere first passed through the tag, and it will be noticed that theU-shaped prong-connecting bridge-piece or loop 1) extends rearwardlyfrom these points, which I regard as an essential feature of myinvention in connection with the bending of the shanks over the upperface of the tag around its edgeand back under its lower face to form theportions which extend from the angles ff to the edge of the tag,

and by this construction the vertical strains produced in the operationof inserting or removing the tag are distributed over a Very broadportion of its surface, as are also any lateral strains due to thebending of the points or prongs down upon the fabric, while in clenchingdown the prongs there is a certain amount of spring action of theseveral parts of the fastener, which tends to increase their grasp andholding capabilities.

What 1 claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A pin ticket or tag provided with a staple-shaped fastening-pinhaving a U -shaped prong-connecting bridge or loop, bent down upon theunder surface of the ticket to form a support or stiffen er therefor,and extending rearwardly, and having its prongs or shanks passed upthrough the ticket, over its upper face to and around its edge, andthence rearwardly along its under face to about the outer ends of thebridge-piece, and downwardly at right angles to the surface of theticket, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a ticket or tag, of a fastening or attachingdevice consisting of a single piece of Wire bent to form two prongs orshanks and having a U-shaped prong-connecting bridge-piece b bent at aright angle to the prongs and lying fiat upon the under surface of theticket and extending rear- OSCAR MUSSINAN.

In presence of- P. E.- TESOHEMAOHER, LILLIAN I. BASFORD.

